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2024–25 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
DatesAugust 2024 – February 2025[1]
Teams24

The 2024–25 Champions Hockey League was the tenth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was competed by 24 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. Apart from the reigning champion, the six founding leagues were represented by three teams each, while five "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each.

Format changes

Starting from the 2023–24 season the format was changed. The number of teams was reduced from 32 to 24 teams. The group stage was replaced with the regular season in which teams played six games each, with the teams being ranked in overall standings and 16 best-ranked teams advancing to the playoffs.

In the regular season draw, teams were allocated into four pots featuring six teams each. The seeding depends on the teams’ achievements in their national leagues and the respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking. Each team was drawn against two teams from each of the other three pots.

In the playoffs, teams formed pairs based on the overall regular season standings.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from different European first-tier leagues were scheduled to participate in the league. Besides the title holders Tappara, 18 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, Norway, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.[3]

The qualification criteria for national leagues was based on the following rules:[2]

  1. CHL champions
  2. National league champions (play-off winners)
  3. Regular season winners
  4. Regular season runners-up
  5. Regular season third-placed team

Note: the national league champions of the United Kingdom are distinct from the national champions, who are determined in play-offs following the regular season. In 2023, Belfast Giants won both competitions.[4]

Teams

Team City/Area League Qualification Participation Previous best
Switzerland Genève-Servette HC Geneva National League 2024 CHL winners 4th Champion
Sweden TBA TBA Swedish Hockey League Play-off winners TBA TBA
Sweden TBA TBA Swedish Hockey League Regular season winners TBA TBA
Sweden TBA TBA Swedish Hockey League Regular season runners-up TBA TBA
Switzerland TBA TBA National League Play-off winners TBA TBA
Switzerland TBA TBA National League Regular season winners TBA TBA
Switzerland TBA TBA National League Regular season runners-up TBA TBA
Germany TBA TBA Deutsche Eishockey Liga Play-off winners TBA TBA
Germany TBA TBA Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season winners TBA TBA
Germany TBA TBA Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season runners-up TBA TBA
Finland TBA TBA Liiga Play-off winners TBA TBA
Finland TBA TBA Liiga Regular season winners TBA TBA
Finland TBA TBA Liiga Regular season runners-up TBA TBA
Czech Republic TBA TBA Czech Extraliga Play-off winners TBA TBA
Czech Republic Dynamo Pardubice Pardubice Czech Extraliga Regular season winners 5th Round of 16
Czech Republic TBA TBA Czech Extraliga Regular season runners-up TBA TBA
TBA TBA ICE Hockey League Play-off winners TBA TBA
TBA TBA ICE Hockey League Regular season winners TBA TBA
TBA TBA ICE Hockey League Regular season runners-up TBA TBA
Denmark TBA TBA Metal Ligaen Play-off winners TBA TBA
France TBA TBA Ligue Magnus Play-off winners TBA TBA
Norway TBA TBA Fjordkraftligaen Play-off winners TBA TBA
Slovakia TBA TBA Slovak Extraliga Play-off winners TBA TBA
United Kingdom TBA TBA Elite Ice Hockey League Regular season winners TBA TBA

References

  1. ^ "Playing dates 2024/25". championshockeyleague.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "New CHL competition format for 2023/24 revealed". championshockeyleague.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Places for Challenger Leagues in 2023/24 confirmed". championshockeyleague.com. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ "The CHL Format". championshockeyleague.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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